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ANTIELECTRON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation
Synonyms:
antielectron; positron
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("antielectron" is a kind of...):
antilepton (the antiparticle of a lepton)